mahleb
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Key facts
- Food.name
- Mahleb
- Food.image
- Prma 002 shp (Prunus mahaleb).jpg
- Food.caption
- Whole stones; the seeds are inside
- Food.alternate_name
- Mahlepi
- Food.type
- Spice
- Food.region
- Middle East
- Food.creator
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- Food.creators
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- Food.main_ingredient
- Cherry seeds
- Food.serving_size
- 100 g
- Food.no_recipes
- false
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thumb|Packaged mahleb with English, Armenian and Arabic text
Mahleb or mahlepi is an aromatic spice made from the seeds of a species of cherry, Prunus mahaleb (the Mahaleb or St Lucie cherry). The cherry stones are cracked to extract the seed kernel, which is about 5 mm in diameter, and soft and chewy on extraction. The seed kernel is ground to a powder before use. Its flavour is similar to a combination of bitter almond and cherry, and also similar to marzipan.